Wii gaming system donated to Short Stay-Peds Unit

Children in the Short Stay-Pediatrics unit don’t have to be worried about being bored during their visit to Saint Anthony Medical Center. The national Starlight Children’s Foundation, in conjunction with Strack and Van Til and Colgate-Palmolive, recently donated a Wii Fun Center interactive system that contains 21 video games and also can play DVDs, to help children pass the time during their stay.

Unit manager Lena Dejesus got the ball rolling with Starlight last year when the organization donated two wagons that are used to give young patients rides to their x-ray or lab appointments. She was contacted by Starlight this year about the Wii system, which arrived the first week of November, after Dejesus completed an essay and other requirements. Shown demonstrating a bowling game on the system are nurse Jenny Gaspar, left, and practical nurse Michelle Busse, who is "throwing’’ her ball down the alley. Bio-med technician Brian Desso got the unit up and running.